Learners as information processors: Legacies and limitations of educational psychology's second metaphor

Educational Psychologist

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 151-161

  Mayer, Richard E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 0040793867     PISSN: 00461520     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15326985ep3103&4_1     Document Type: Article

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